Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Yes, let's go back."

"Yes, return."

"Wow!" The Dengzhou turned around again, setting off a huge water wave, and sailed towards the port.

An hour later, the Dengzhou docked smoothly.

When the group got off the boat, Liu Rengui saw that Li Zhen was silent all the way, thinking that he was worried about the battleship, and comforted him: "Your Highness, in fact, you don't have to worry. Since these two Japanese people secretly followed our battleship, it shows that they are concerned about the warship. We don’t know the performance of our warships, and it also proves that there is nothing wrong with our shipyard.”

"This is not necessarily true." Xue Rengui retorted: "First of all, no matter how detailed the information on the warship is, after all, there is no detailed information from what I saw with my own eyes. Besides, what if all this is a bitter trick? Master Liu, don't you think that boat is too far away from us? Is it close? It seems that it was deliberately let us find out."

"When you say that," Liu Rengui suddenly woke up: "That's right, it's true, these bastard Japanese people actually played this trick on us."

"What I am most worried about now is not the leakage of battleship information, but that the Japanese have both battleships and cannons." Li Zhen frowned and said, the battleship information is nothing, after all, it is only a fifth-tier battleship, and at most it will be brought to the Japanese. It's just a new idea, and he doesn't take it seriously. What he worries about is that the Japanese people will use cannons and warships in combination: "Since the birth of cannons, especially since the Battle of Tuyuhun, cannons have completely become famous, and all the small countries around are coveting Looking at cannons, I think about smuggling cannons from my Tang Dynasty all the time, you all know this.

It is not uncommon for you to know about the cannon smuggling incident some time ago. The emperor was furious about it and severely punished Hou Junji, Minister of the Ministry of War, and killed several officials.And the target of the cannon smuggling was the Japanese people, and the smuggling cases that were investigated and dealt with several times before were also done by the Japanese people in conjunction with our Datang officials and even the army.

You don’t know that the Wa country is an island country, and it is still located on a volcanic and seismic belt. There are earthquakes or volcanic eruptions almost every day. If you want to be strong, you must develop sea power, that is, the navy, and then use the navy to occupy the land to achieve the goal of being truly powerful. "

Xue Rengui was furious immediately: "Your Highness, what do you mean, the Japanese not only covet our technology, but also covet the territory of the Tang Dynasty? They are so bold."

"What? Impossible?" Du He was also very shocked and said, "It's just a small country in the Tang Dynasty, and my Great Tang can easily destroy it with just a single division. They actually dare to spy on my Great Tang land. courage? Why do they have such courage?"

"Aren't they afraid of being greedy enough to push themselves to death?" Fang Yiai yelled, "How big is the Japanese country? How big is my Tang Dynasty? Even the Turks have been wiped out by us, what are they?"

"Although it's unbelievable, the fact is that the Wa Kingdom has been coveting our land and has been working hard for it since it established contact with me, the Tang Dynasty, or to be precise, with the Central Plains. The fact that can be disputed, otherwise, why did they keep attacking Silla and Baekje, just to use it as a springboard to slowly plot against the Tang Dynasty." Li Zhen smiled wryly, and after more than 1000 years, they almost succeeded, Of course he didn't say that.

Liu Rengui asked: "Since the people of the Wa Kingdom have such evil intentions, why didn't my Tang Dynasty destroy them with an army? Didn't Your Highness tell the emperor your prediction? Or did the Emperor not care about the Wa Kingdom?"

"Father will naturally not disagree. The Wa country has provoked my Tang Dynasty many times. He has already included it in the must-kill list, but isn't this not ready yet? The reason why I developed the navy is to have One day I landed on the three islands of the Wa Kingdom (now Hokkaido is still the territory of the Ainu people)." Li Zhen shook her head and added in her heart, although the purpose of all this was only for gold and silver.

"It turns out that I have dragged His Highness down." Liu Rengui felt ashamed when he heard this, "If I had built the warship sooner, the little Japanese kingdom wouldn't have been so rampant. It's really embarrassing. Please punish me, Your Highness." .”

"How can this be your responsibility?" Seeing this, Li Zhen quickly comforted: "Dengzhou Shipyard started five years ago and was completed three years ago. You have contributed a lot to its development to today's scale. Even if you let go In front of the father, you have done nothing wrong, and it is too late for me to reward you, so how can I punish you?"

"But"

"There's nothing wrong with it." Li Zhen interrupted Liu Rengui and said, "If you really feel guilty in your heart, then I will entrust you with responsibility for this leak of secrets and find out all the Japanese spies."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, none of them can escape." Liu Rengui gritted his teeth and said, "If a spy escapes, I will take my own head on it."

"It's good to have this determination." Li Zhenzan said: "I will ask the Dengzhou Fleet and the Dengzhou Governor's Mansion to assist you."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Liu Rengui really did his best. After three days of investigation, he not only found the old nest of the Wa people in Dengzhou, but also found all the officials who colluded with the Wa.

"Wang family? Aristocratic family?" Li Zhen frowned. It is a bit troublesome because it is actually a family. The relationship with the Tang court is not good, but fortunately, the two sides are relatively restrained and maintain a tacit understanding.In other words, now is not the best time to mobilize the family. If he really wiped out the Wu family, it might stimulate the rest of the family, and it might be a scuffle.

"That's right, it's the Wang family." Du He who came to deliver the information said, "The Penglai Wang family has not been entrenched in Dengzhou for a long time, and it only developed in the past few decades. It is not considered a family. , but has good relations with many aristocratic families, and it is close to Qufu, and there are many people in the clan who are educated, if no sanctions are imposed, it may become a real aristocratic family in a few decades."

"But we really can't do anything to them." Li Zhen shook his head slowly and said: "You know the current situation, the relationship between the imperial court and the family has reached a critical point, and it may explode at any time, even if the Wang family is not Family, but if we really dare to touch them, maybe we will break this string."

"Then you can't just watch them get away with it, can you?" Du He said angrily, "Your Highness, you don't know how abominable this Wang family is. Smuggling all kinds of military and civilian supplies. That is to say, the Dengzhou Fleet was formed by the emperor himself, and the governor of Dengzhou is also the emperor's man. Maybe they really have to bribe the governor and the governor to smuggle warships and cannons. Even so, there are still some new swords , grenades and other small arms were sold to foreign countries by them, and even a mortar was smuggled out to Japan. According to the information we got, a small amount of grenades are now equipped in the northeastern countries of the Tang Dynasty, most of which are Wang smuggled it to them."

"Even so, you can't act rashly." Li Zhen was also very depressed. It was really uncomfortable to act like he was helpless in front of the enemy chief.This is also the self-cultivation of self-cultivation in these years of study and art, otherwise the Wang family would have been destroyed in the first place.

Chapter 249 Arrangement of the Dengzhou Fleet

Chapter 25 Arrangement of the Dengzhou Fleet

"But although they can't be wiped out, it's okay to punish them a little bit." Li Zhen's mouth suddenly curled into a smile: "Let's keep this account in mind first, and now you can investigate for me. In addition to smuggling, Wang's , and other industries.”

"There's no need to check this, the subordinates have already checked it." Du He said, taking out a piece of paper: "The Wang family started their business through commerce, and their main business is selling salt, and dry goods trade is also one of their businesses. Other than these two things, the rest are trivial, not worth mentioning."

"That is to say, as long as their two businesses are destroyed, they will definitely go bankrupt, right?"

Du He said without hesitation: "For sure, although the Wang family is rich, they have many descendants. Without the support of these two businesses, they would have gone to the northwest wind."

"It's easy to handle. I'm going to set up a salt farm and a dry goods processing factory in Dengzhou. We have advanced technology. Don't you believe that under the double impact of our price and quality, Wang's can still turn the world upside down?" Li Zhenyi heard , suddenly smiled: "But before that, the commander of the Dengzhou Fleet has to be changed. I remember that the commander of the Dengzhou Fleet is Xiao Rui, right?"

"It's that kid, the eldest son of Song Guogong Xiao Yu, who is quite capable. He served as the commander of the Dengzhou Fleet three years ago, but he didn't do much." Speaking of Xiao Rui, Du He said he was capable, but his expression betrayed him. real thoughts.

Li Zhen nodded and said: "Since Xiao Rui became the commander of the fleet, not only has he failed to achieve an inch, but he has neglected his duties and caused the frequent theft of weapons, but he has not noticed it. How can such a person be the commander of the fleet? Impeach him."

"Your Highness, isn't this a bit too much?" When he heard that Li Zhen wanted to impeach Xiao Rui, Du He's tone suddenly softened: "To be honest, Xiao Rui can't be blamed for this, of course I'm not saying that he is not wrong, But to be honest, is the Dengzhou Fleet called a fleet?

Although it looks glamorous on the surface, you also know that there is not even a single qualified warship in the entire fleet. The firepower of the warship is also poor, the strongest firepower is actually only some winch crossbows, in front of the cannon, you can only hold Sun Tzu, what combat power can such a warship have?Such a broken place is said to be an official, so what is the difference from exile?Anyone who comes here will be decadent, right? "

"So what? We didn't recommend him to be the governor." Li Zhen stared: "Besides, is the poor position the reason for dereliction of duty? If this is the reason, then the officials of the Lingnan states should not Cry to death?"

Du He nodded quickly: "That's right, if Xiao Rui is dismissed, who will His Highness plan to replace?"

Li Zhen raised her head and asked back, "What do you think of Yuchi Baolin?"

"Yuchi is stupid?" Du He exclaimed, and then realized: "Your Highness, are you planning to expand the Dengzhou Fleet?"

"It can also be said that, more precisely, I am going to refit the Dengzhou Fleet. The Dengzhou Shipyard is already capable of producing warships, and it can be given priority to the Dengzhou Fleet. The ones near the water will get the moon first."

"Yeah, let Yuchi Dasha take advantage again, why is he so lucky?" Du He envied all kinds of envy and hatred, of course he knew that Li Zhen's impeachment of Xiao Rui was not just Xiao Rui's negligence of duty, but Li Zhen's fundamental impeachment. There is no plan to hand over the new Dengzhou fleet to Xiao Rui.Because Xiao Rui and Li Chengqian had a good relationship, even Li Chengqian strongly recommended his position as fleet commander (although he did something wrong with good intentions and pushed Xiao Rui into the fire pit).On the contrary, the relationship between Yuchi Baolin and Li Zhen is quite good. Although he is not as loyal as Du He, but in the eyes of outsiders, he has already been labeled as the King of Yue. He is Li Zhen's person, and Li Zhen has already Treat him as one of his own, and a person with such an important position in the Dengzhou Fleet must be handed over to his own people.

"You don't have to envy him. Sooner or later, you will be allowed to sit on one side." Li Zhen comforted him. After being with him for more than ten years, Li Zhen knew him better than Du He himself. Du He's ability is beyond doubt, and his character Calm and dignified, he is also loyal to himself, he is a confidant, Li Zhen has already arranged a position for him - such a person naturally cannot put him in an ordinary position, only those extremely important positions can give full play His talents, such as the Colonial Governor of the Indochina Peninsula, or the Director of the Sub-division of the Indochina Peninsula, only such sensitive positions can use people like Du He, otherwise it would be a great waste of talent.

"It's not that I envy him. But you also know Dasha's character. Did he manage such a large fleet as the Dengzhou Fleet by himself?" Du He naturally knew about Li Zhen's arrangement. Just worrying about Yuchi Baolin, Yuchi Baolin followed his father Yuchi Gong very much, they are all the kind of brave and unparalleled generals—but they are just fierce generals, and they are naturally invincible in charging into battle, but let him manage an army haha.

"Don't worry about that." Li Zhen smiled and said, "I've already arranged a deputy for him. What do you think of Qin Huaiyu?"

"Huaiyu?" Du He was stunned for a long while, then suddenly realized: "Oh, my lord, why would you suggest that Huaiyu should not only learn the art of war, but also let him learn the knowledge of navigation, so you are here waiting for him. But if that’s the case, why don’t you just let him be the governor? As for putting Yuchi Baolin in the middle? And let Yuchi Baolin be the governor, would Huaiyu be happy?”

"You don't have to worry about that. The relationship between the two of them is still very good, and it is good for them to go together." Li Zhen said: "First of all, why did Xiao Rui neglect his duties? Except that the Dengzhou Fleet is shabby. In addition to hope, what is more important is the rejection of the family and the army, especially the disapproval of the army, which makes it difficult for him to move forward. He is a civil servant, has never proved himself on the battlefield before, and has no experience in running the army. will be accepted.

But this kind of thing is no problem for Baolin and Huaiyu:

First, the parents of both of them are military bosses, so they are easily accepted by others;

Second, the two of them grew up on the battlefield and have rich experience in managing the army. Commanding a fleet may be unfamiliar, but there will never be a major problem;

Third, you know Baolin's character very well, that is, he is a demon king in the world, and with his character, the mere Wang family would not dare to provoke him at all.

As for why I didn't let Huaiyu be the governor, but let Baolin do it, there are two reasons,

The first is that Huaiyu's character is too gentle, resourceful and lacking in responsibility. If he is allowed to make the decision, he may miss the opportunity because of his personality, but Yuchi Baolin is brave and diligent, and he can't tolerate sand in his eyes. Let him make the decision to deal with the Dengzhou Fleet It will be better, and although others are not smart, they are not fools, and they can listen to people's advice, which just complements Huaiyu;

The second reason is that Xiao Rui is alone and alone, so of course he is easy to be bullied, but Qin Huaiyu and Yuchi Baolin are together, who would dare to bully the two of them?I don't even dare, do you dare? "

"No, no, I don't dare." Du He shook his head hastily, those two people are not easy to mess with, he has small arms and legs, but he can't beat them.

After laughing, Du He frowned again: "But Baolin and Huaiyu have been recommended by you, what about Chu Mo? Will it make him feel chilling?"